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Strong's Number H157

אָהַב

'ahab · aw-hab'

Transliteration:

'ahab{aw-hab'}or 'aheb{aw-habe'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

29

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

Usage in the KJV:

love 93, lover(s) 19, friend(s) 12, beloved 5, liketh 1, lovely 1, loving 76

Total: 208
Occurs 211 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to love
1. (Qal)
  1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual
  2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
  3. human love for or to God
  4. act of being a friend
    1. lover (participle)
    2. friend (participle)
  5. God's love toward man
    1. to individual men
    2. to people Israel
    3. to righteousness
2. (Niphal)
  1. lovely (participle)
  2. loveable (participle)
3. (Piel)
  1. friends
  2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
to like